| Carved and pierced pearl, ruffle motif, with paste accent, 1 1/4, 18th century. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Finely carved shell, probably Bull's Mouth, with red paste accents, 1 3/8, 18th century. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Thick shell button with double row of cut steels, 1 1/4, probably mid to late 1800's. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Nicely carved pearl with cut steel accents, 1 1/4, late 1800's. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Finely carved shell with brass wire bands, 3/4, mid 1800's. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Minimally carved shell with brass horseshoe motif, 1 1/8, late 1800's. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Two carved buttons with cut steels: the larger is abalone, 1 1/2, with crescent cut steels; the smaller is Green Snail from Australia, 9/16; both are late 1800's. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Carved Egyptian shell, appears to be two separate layers due to color difference, finely carved, 1 1/8, mid 1800's. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Carved and pierced Bethlehem/Jordan pearl, Dove motif, 1 1/2, c. 1950's. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Carved and pierced Bethlehem/Jordan pearl, Maltese cross motif, 1 1/2, c. 1950's. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Two smaller carved and pierced mother of pearl buttons, late 1800's, the smaller is 7/8, the larger 1. Courtesy of Wits' End
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| Large, carved pearl, shamrock motif, 2, 1930's (?). Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Carved, smoked pearl, has the appearance of abalone, 2 1/4, late 1800's. Courtesy of Wits' End.
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| Abalone with white metal applique and square rhinestone, 1 1/8, 1940's. Courtesy of Wits End.
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| Center button is a Bethlehem/Jordan pearl, carved and pierced in a butterfly motif, 1 3/4, c 1950's. This and the following 8 are courtesy of Wits' End.
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